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MAKING MLA RESEARCH PAPERS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL
LEVELS OF ELL May 9, 2013
Jennifer Bellavance Rachel Bouhanda
Asha Chana
Revere High School Revere, MA
PART I: THE DATA
PART II:PREPARATION
BIOGRAPHY VIDEO AND COMMENTS
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PART III: RESEARCH PROJECT
RESEARCH PROJECT
Essential Question:
Who is a person that Americans should know about who made a positive/good changes for your country?
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CRITERIA
Your person must be dead.
Your person must have had a positive (good) impact on your country or culture
Your paper will be 2-3 pages long, and it will include one picture.
BRAINSTORMING: HOW DO I PICK A PERSON?
Think about:
• history/wars
• ceremonies/holidays
• morals/values
• religion
• work/business
• language
• religion
• education system
• language
• travel
• friendships
• art/music
• racism
• goals in life
• food
MY EXAMPLE
Mahatma Gandhi (politics)
Aishwarya Rai (actress)
Mother Teresa (religion)
Indira Gandhi (politics)
Rabindra Nath Tagore (poetry)
Satyajit Rai (movies)
Kishore Kumar (music)
BRAINSTORMING
What important events have occurred in your country that you think Americans should know about? Name at least 3 and EXPLAIN them.
MY EXAMPLE
India getting independence from England
Beginning/end of the Silk Road (trade).
Growth of Indian literature and culture after gaining independence.
BRAINSTORM
Which people listed in #1 are involved in the events you listed in #2?
Why are these facts and pieces of information about this person important for a typical American to know?
Gandhi was like the Martin Luther King of India
Gandhi was a very kind and caring person even when it was difficult for him to do.
Gandhi changed the country of India because he was a strong leader.
How has this person positively affected your native country and culture?
He helped India gain Independence from England.
He also helped Indians gain equality.
He was called “The Father of a Nation.”
He taught people about nonviolence.
STUDENT PACKGathering Information
Paper Requirements
WEB, OUTLINE, & ANNOTATE
PRE-ROUGH DRAFT
PRE-ROUGH DRAFT
ROUGH DRAFT
ROUGH DRAFT
FINAL PRODUCT
FINAL PRODUCT
PART IV: ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING COMMONS
An innovative learning environment that promotes active learning, critical thinking, collaborative learning, and knowledge building
Student Work Displayed, Flexible Spaces, Meeting Rooms
Multi-Media Resources Comfortable- Welcoming Area
Quiet Locations
Technology
Desktop Computers & Printers One to One iPad/ Genius Bar
Media Lab/TV Studio
VIRTUAL SPACE
RHS Learning Commons Website: http://bit.ly/1iAk1Ve
Twitter: @rhslearningcomm
Camila Garzon 1. The hardest thing about the MLA biography paper, for me was witting the outline.2. The easiest thing for me was typing.3. Yes, I think I could teach someone how to write a MLA paper because I did it once so I know how to do it.4. One thing I would change is when we had to look for three articles and then read those. I would look only for one article because all of them have the same information just in different words. !Reply · Like · Delete · Thu Jan 9, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RESOURCES
New Trier High School Library ESL Research Paper
Infoplease Biography
bio.com
Famous Birthdays
Statewide databases provided by the Massachusetts Library System (Gale Resources: Biography in Context, World History in Context, Encyclopedia Britannica)